Sectional vault.



No. www.

E, J. WINSLOW.

SECTIONAL VAULT. APPLLUATION FILED 001220, 1905.

PATBNTED Nov. ze, 1907.

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No. 871,977. PATBNTED NOV. 26, 1907. E. J. WINSLOW.

SBGTIONAL VAULT. APPLIoATIoN I'LsD ooT.2o. 1005.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2 PATENTED Nov. 26, 19o?. E. J. WINsLogw. SEGTIONALVAULT. APPLICATION FILED 00T.20. 1905.

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UNET? EDWAR" SECTIONAL VAULT.

Specification of i iottoi's Patent,

Application filed Gumbo.' 210. "4

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Bo itlmown that Ennuh-n) JARVIS HHN LOW, citizen ol tho Unitocl States,residing; mi Chiofigo, in the county of Cook anni Stato oi" l illinois,has invented Certain new and usoinli Improvements in Sectional Yanks, olwhiefh j tho following is a spoon-iontiiin.

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Pigna@ l .is ai :iti 'itl sootion olV :i 'villlt ain- 80 lmilyng myinvention :tml Showing pi'bpoctivo viens oi' certain lozitnrs toristiooi my iiwtntiuii. ling. 12 is it 'tion tnhon lvl-:mm @lastly throi lion,showing n sli-uvt tho domo olf tho suino r i nlcilying; Yami@ nini iningu; ol' tho lo i t o c- C. "Jilll drical shape, including Within thisterm any curvilinear configuration of Wall such as elliptical or thelike. Such shape will obviously be varied in conformity with theparticular space available tor the vault. it the same is to be locatedbetween narrow walls, either a corresponding elliptical or rectangularshape of vault will be employed; il' to be employed. in a polygonalspace, a like form will be employed :tor the vault contour. Such basewill usually be constructed of 'an impervious material, generally of aplastic nature such as cement, and may be strengthened or otherwisebraced by the use of members specially adapted for the purpose, suchas'the embedded elements of high-tensional strength which l have shown,described and 'claimed in a companion application, tiled October 16th,i905, Ser. No. 283,1le. As this base is best arranged to affordfacilities torj'irmly allixing it to the hereinafter de? scribedsuperposed sectional Wall, l provide a means tor attaining this end, atongue and groove joint as illustrated in the drawings. Such jointconsists ot a groove 2 Within. which the over-lying body section rests,though other forms of joint may be resorted to within the scope of thisinvention. In the -rorm here shown, such joint conforms in shape to theperiphery of the base, whichat desired point, preferably adjacent thecenter, is thickened and otherwise strengthened as shown by 3. Thehereinafter referred to brace and ladder may terminate within suchthickened portion il desired.

in the form designated by Figsffl, et seg., the central enlargement isdispensed with and the'lloor or base is made integral `"with the sidewall arising therefrom, This form will be employed under conditions notdemanding the aforesaid construction.

When it is 'desired to readily obtainany predetermined height of thevault, a pluiality ol like `.fall sections 5 will preferably be resortedto. rthese are so devised as to be capable 'of being brought into asuperposed interlocking relationship by means of any suitableinterlocking' joint, though in or dinary practice l prefer that hereinshown, as it is simple, inexpensive and meets all ordinary requirements.Preferably, .such union coniirises an enlargement 6 having lts verticaend provided with a groove 2 corresponding in size and' shape to thelower end ol' each section so that the latter may be received therein ina manner similar to the union with the base. l v

1Frel'erably such union comprises an inter nel enlargement or shoulder.nso as to altord an interiorly disposed peripheral rim which l utilizein supporting a series of lloors'or shelves 7, which may ,belet wood orany other preferred material. to divide the interior of the vault into.a num ber of stories and, in order that access may Such iloors serveeinen f erably being in registry and centrally located as shown,although it lies well Within the in vention to so enlarge such man-holesthat the shelves are comparatively narrow as illustrated in Figs. e, etseg. that is, the shelvings provide a central space which enables accessto be had to the same through the instrumentality ol a ladder extendingwithin said central space. A series of partitions serve to furthersupport the floors or shelves and divide the whole into a multiplicityor". small compartments especiallyadapted for the storing ol" anydesired objects, such as batteries or the like. As Will be understood,these partitions will extend in a radial direction from the centralspace so asto provide a better 'opportunity tor access to and inspectionof the stored article. The partitions Will usually be omitted from theuppermost story, so that persons may more readily so as to allord atight partition between the*- top of the dome and the underlying storagevault. The structure shown by F1g. 3 dispenses with this arrangement olfloor by making a corresponding partition out of the top of theunderlying vault. Usually, such top l() will be arranged in aninterlocking connection With the Walls .ot the `underlying chamber andwill be provided as aforesaid with a suitable man-hole il for theentryof inspectors, which man-hole is closed when desired, by a suitable lidor hatch-way 12. Ordinarily this vault will be buried underground and,to allord convenient entrance thereto, a superposed dome 13 may beermanently-a'llixed to such top so as to inc ose the aforesaidliatchway. V'Vhile frequently convenient to have this dome ol" a smalldiameter, it may, if desired, be made of a diameter substantiallyco-extensivo with that of the underlying chambers such as l haveillustrated by 131 in Fig. 3.

A removable cover it,

provides for entry to the dome and the latter may furthermore have ahand bar 15 to serve as a support in aiding the movements ol theinspector. l/lfhile such hatchway and covering domeY .may be placed inany location on the top, Iv prefer to position it intermediate thecenter and circumference in or al'lxed to the top and bottom, andprovidedl with washers 16 securely fastened thereto to serve as anabutment in resisting any thrust brought thereon by a movement of thevault ends.

To provide conduits through which electric cables may lead out of thevault from and underlying main chamber as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

lt is not essential that the preferred iorm hereinbefore described forsupportin the shelves be resorted to, as the same en may be attained bylining the vault with wooden lWalls. 30 and to these Walls may beaflixed shelving in any preferred manner.

All permanent joints leading to the exterior of the vault Will bethoroughly bonded together by the use of any suitable hermetic cementsuch as grouting.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that l have' provided a Well bracedstructure of a Water-proof nature and that such structure may be rapidlyassembled from a number of units each ot' an exceedingly simple nature.The internal arrangements, as illustrated by Figs. 3 et seq. may beemployed in connection with the sectional vault and other rearrangementsof elements may be made as desired.

By inspecting the following claims, such various modifications as may beresorted to within the scope of my invention will be otherwise madeapparent.

. 1. A water-proof vault comprising in combination, an imperforate mainchamber of plastic material having substantially the shape of a rightcylinder with horizontal plane top and bottom, a lurality of annularshelvings spaced vertical y apart around the inner periphery ol saidmain chamber, said shelvings being divided into a plurality oi cells byradially disposed vertical partltions, a ladder extending from top tobottom of said chamber in the central space provided by said shelvngs,said chamber top havin a manhole eccentrieally positioned Wit itsperimeter adjacent the upper termination of said ladder, and arelatively large dome rising from said. top and covering said manhole,said dome .being provided with a manhole andA removable cover in therise thereof.

2. A Water-proof vault comprising a plurality of similar annularsections superposed and lapjointed to ether, a plurality of floorsresting upon an su ported by said lapjoints, a cover for sai sections,and a domel closing a man-hole in said cover.

3. A Water-proof vault comprising a bottom, a plurality Of superposedlap-jointed sectlons, each lap-joint forming an annular interior rim, 'aplurality of shelvings resting upon and su ported by said rims, a topthereover, an a dome located over a manhole through said top. A

4. A water-proof vault comprising a plurality of similar sections, a toptherefor, a dome covering a man-hole extending therethrough, and acellular structure within said vault consisting' of a plurality ofringlike shelvings and intermediate partitions therefor.

5. A Waterroof vault comprising a lurality of simi ar sections, acorrespon ing series of shelvings therein, the latter comprisingcentrally perforated disks spaced above one another with radiallyextending wings vertically' positioned betweenv said disks to form amultiplicity of compartments, and a perforate t0 over said section witha dome covering sai perforation.

In testimony whereof I ailx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD JARVIS WINSLOW.

Witnesses:

EDITH C. SEARLES, ALBERT F. NATHAN.

